Brian Price cut

[RoyTheHammer]

.....ALL of us nervous. The fact it does NOT make JJ or anyone in the front officce nervous is further proof they're incompetent.

Except that no one has any proof that the team isn't nervous about it.

Or maybe they come out and dominate in Kiffin's system and show why you're just a fan and not an NFL scout.

Try again, detective..

 

[xwalker]

For the sake of sanity let's review the ACTUAL DL.

SDE: Spencer. Coming off of 11 sacks and has been franchised as a top 10 player. Will rush the passer more often now.
3T: Ratliff. Made Pro Bowls from 2008-2011. Had one injury laden season and is now dirt apparently.
1T: Jason Hatcher. Former 3rd round pick was the best DL on the team last year.
RDE: Ware. Simply the best pure pass rusher in the NFL. NFL Defensive player of the year and owner of 111 career sacks.

Rotation:
Tyrone Crawford: 2nd year 3rd rounder who has enormous potential but was raw coming in. Returning rotation member.
Sean Lissemore: Former 7th rounder who has played significant snaps for a couple years now.
Kyle Wilber: 2nd year 4th rounder. Becomes the 3rd DE and a nickel pass rusher. Going back to the spot he played for years at Wake Forest. WF was only a 3-4 for his final season. Biggest leap of faith on DL is that Wilber can help you at DE but it's a leap you make with young 2nd year guys.

There you go. That's the likely game day 7 man DL rotation. A Ben Bass or Rob Calloway make force their way in or help due to injuries but this 7 man rotation is fairly well set.

This concept our DL sucks is rather silly. Just look at it. Jason Hatcher is the LEAST decorated guy we have. I understand these guys aren't all 25 but we do have Crawford, Lissemore and Wilber as young back ups and ascending players.

We essentially went from requiring 5 DL to 4 with this 4-3 move.

It's always nice to add a really nasty DL. But you got to show me that guy. Floyd was an effort and around the ball guy. Great to have but it very likely removes the LAST WALKIN STARTER ON THE OL. Damontre Moore is under 250 pounds and less athletic than you'd like but migh have been the most appealing DL left for this roster. He'd have been the nickel pass rusher. Is he better than Wilber with a year less experience? Virtually the same size but Wilber tested better at the combine. Moore ran a 4.95 50. Then added 12 reps on the bench. Wilber was a 4.7 40 guys with 25 bench reps.

Good post.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Brain Price was NOT cut. He was placed on waivers, cleared them and is now on the IR.

 

[Echo9]

Brain Price was NOT cut. He was placed on waivers, cleared them and is now on the IR.

I'm a little unsure of the rules here. OK, so he's on IR now. It's May. Does this mean he's on IR until the end of 2013 season or is he eligible to practice and play for us when the season starts. Just seems early to have him on IR and have it wipe out all of 2013.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

You are only prevented from taking the player off of IR once the season has begun from what I gathered. The league year starts June 2 but I think that is irrelevant.

Our Cowboys reporters are sucking.

 

[xwalker]

Brain Price was NOT cut. He was placed on waivers, cleared them and is now on the IR.

All non-vested veterans that are released (cut) are placed on waivers. Of the 90 players that will be on the roster in training camp, all but 53 of them will go through waivers (unless they are vested veterans).

As I said before, any players that are placed on waivers were "cut". The fact that they return to IR or the Practice Squad does not mean that they were not "cut".

If Travis Frederick had a season ending injury, he would not be exposed to waivers (cut). They would carry him on the 90 man roster until the beginning of the season and then put him on IR at which time passing through waivers is not a prerequisite to being placed on IR.

 

[speedkilz88]

All non-vested veterans that are released (cut) are placed on waivers. Of the 90 players that will be on the roster in training camp, all but 53 of them will go through waivers (unless they are vested veterans).

As I said before, any players that are placed on waivers were "cut". The fact that they return to IR or the Practice Squad does not mean that they were not "cut".

If Travis Frederick had a season ending injury, he would not be exposed to waivers (cut). They would carry him on the 90 man roster until the beginning of the season and then put him on IR at which time passing through waivers is not a prerequisite to being placed on IR.

I think the second cut down date is when the real IR kicks in. I remember Detroit put Nagy on IR and didn't need to cut him on that cut down.